This is alist of fictional cats and felines and is a subsidiary to thelist of fictional animals. It includes a limited selection of notablefelines from various works, organized by medium. More complete lists are accessible by clicking on the "Main article" link included above each category. For fictional large felids such as lions and tigers, seeList of fictional big cats.
This section deals with notable cat characters that appear in literature works of fiction including books, comics, legends, myths, folklore, and fairy tales. Any character that appears in several pieces of literature will be listed only once, under the earliest work.
| Character | Earliest Appearance | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cheshire Cat | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Sometimes raises philosophical points that annoy or baffle Alice. It does, however, appear to cheer her up when it turns up suddenly at the Queen of Hearts' croquet field, and when sentenced to death baffles everyone by having made its head appear without its body, sparking a massive argument between the executioner and the King and Queen of Hearts about whether something that does not have a body can indeed be beheaded. |
| Crookshanks | Harry Potter | The pet cat ofHermione Granger. He is described as having a "squashed face", which was inspired by a real cat Rowling once saw,[citation needed] which she said looked like it had run face first into a brick wall, most likely aPersian. Hermione buys Crookshanks from a shop inDiagon Alley out ofsympathy, as nobody wants him because of his behaviour and his squashed looking-face. Rowling has confirmed that Crookshanks is halfKneazle,[1] an intelligent, cat-like creature who can detect when they are around untrustworthy people, explaining his higher than normal cat intelligence and stature. |
| Pete the Cat | Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes | Pete started as a book series, and later became an inspiration for a song and its own television series onAmazon Prime.[2] |
| The Cat in the Hat | The Cat in the Hat | The Cat in the Hat is a tall,anthropomorphic cat who wears a red and white-striped hat and a red bow tie. The Cat creates chaos when he shows up at the house of Sally and her brother while their mother is out. The children and the fish become very alarmed. Just before the children's mother arrives home the Cat uses a machine to clean up the mess, and then disappears. |
| Snowbell | Stuart Little | Snowbell is a cat belonging to the Little family, of which Stuart is the youngest son. Snowbell has a malevolent attitude toward Stuart, though her behavior is tempered by her familial obligations. When the Little family adopt a bird named Margalo, Snowbell plots to kill her, predicating her departure. Stuart follows, and his pursuit comprises the second half of the story. |
| Speaker-to-Animals | Ringworld andMan-Kzin Wars book series | Member of theKzinti race of anthropomorphic felines in theLarry Niven collection of books. One of the few to have earned the right to bear a name. |
| Conrad the Cat Detective | The Cat Who Caught A Killer | Conrad is a male calico cat who talks and helps Lulu Lewis, his chosen human who is a retired police officer and lives on a canal boat, to solve murders. |
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| Character | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Garfield | Garfield | Garfield is an orangetabby cat born in the kitchen of an Italian restaurant (later revealed in the television specialGarfield: His 9 Lives to be Mama Leoni's Italian Restaurant) and immediately ate all the pasta and lasagna in sight, thus developing his love and obsession forlasagna.[3][4] As an adult he is fat and lazy but extremely intelligent and fond of wisecracks in thought bubbles, with his ownerJon Arbuckle serving as a comic foil for him. |
| Heathcliff | Heathcliff | A boisterous and chubby but athletictabby cat prone to wisecracks, causing physical mischief, chasing mailmen, and overturning garbage cans. Other felines from the strip include: The Catfather.[5] |
| Hobbes | Calvin and Hobbes | A plush Bengal tiger and best friend ofCalvin, Hobbes is perceived by Calvin as being a live tiger, but by every other character as a stuffed toy. Hobbes, whose name is an allusion to the English political philosopher,Thomas Hobbes, often tries to be the voice of reason for Calvin during their numerous adventures. |
| Krazy Kat | Krazy Kat | One of the first cats to star in a comic strip; the protagonist of the eponymous strip byGeorge Herriman. Sweet and good-natured and simple, adores the scheming, wily, antisocialIgnatz Mouse even though Ignatz constantly plots against her. |
| Bucky B. Katt | Get Fuzzy | A sarcastic Siamese cat with an inflated ego, Bucky lives in an apartment with his human owner Rob Wilco and a dog named Satchel. Bucky's obsessions include becoming famous, inflicting harm on his roommates for perceived injustices and feuding with Fungo, a ferret who lives next door. Bucky is always drawn with his ears folded back, as if he is constantly in a state of aggressiveness or agitation. |
| Snuffles | Pearls Before Swine | AHimalayan White Cat who likes to holdgrenades and throw them everywhere. He is owned byZebra and is best friends withGuard Duck who likes to make armies and use guns. |
| Character | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Maneki-neko | Various folk-stories | A common Japanese sculpture, often made ofceramic, which is believed to bringgood luck to the owner. The sculpture depicts a cat (traditionally acalicoJapanese Bobtail) beckoning with an upright paw, and is usually displayed—many times at the entrance—in shops, restaurants,pachinko parlors, and other businesses. Some of the sculptures are electric or battery-powered and have a slow-moving paw beckoning. |
| Puss | Puss in Boots | Originally titledLe Maître Chat orLe Chat Botté, this French fairytale is about a cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth and the hand of a princess in marriage for his penniless and low-born master. |
| Cat-sìth | Various folk-stories | A fairy creature fromCeltic mythology, said to resemble a large black cat with a white spot on its breast. |
| The White Cat | La Chatte Blanche | The White Cat is a character of the Animal Bride cycle of stories (ATU 402). It is present in a variant of the story: French literary fairytaleLa Chatte Blanche, penned byMadame d'Aulnoy. The character also features as a cameo in Tchaikovisky's balletThe Sleeping Beauty, during Aurora's wedding in Act III. |
| Señor Don Gato | Children'ssong | Acat who is sitting on a roof when he discovers that his true love has agreed to marry him. In his excitement, he falls off and injures himself. The veterinarian is unable to save him and he dies. However, as his funeral procession passes through the market, the scent of fish from the market is so strong that he returns to life. |
This section deals with notable cat characters that appear in media works of fiction including film, television, animation, and puppetry. Any character that appears in several pieces of media will be listed only once, under the earliest work.
| Character | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Bigglesworth | Austin Powers | A parody of Blofeld's cat from James Bond films |
| DC | That Darn Cat! | A wily, adventurous Siamese tomcat who lives with two young women, suburbanite sisters Ingrid and Patti Randall, whose parents are traveling abroad at the time of the story. In the 1997remake the cat is a grey and white tabby. |
| Filby | Primer | Aaron’s cat. When missing, called by name by Aaron and Abe during the fountain scene.[6] Filby is most likely named after a character in the science fiction novel,The Time Machine, written by H.G. Wells in 1894.[6][7] |
| Jake | The Cat from Outer Space | A cat-like alien. His real name is Zunar-J-5/9 Doric-4-7. |
| Puss in Boots | Shrek 2 | A cat from theShrek franchise, voiced byAntonio Banderas in English, Italian, and Spanish in the following films:Shrek 2 andFar Far Away Idol in 2004,Shrek the Third (2007),Shrek Forever After (2010),Puss in Boots (2011),Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos (2012), andPuss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022). Puss was voiced by Eric Bauza in the six-season seriesThe Adventures of Puss in Boots, and byAndé Sogliuzzo and Christian Lanz in the video games. Sogliuzzo also voiced Puss in the series of one-minute web videos by DreamWorkstv in which Puss gives advice to viewers,NEW Puss in Boots! by Peacock Kids on YouTube.[8] |
| Jones | Alien | Ship's cat of theUSCSSNostromo, commonly referred to as "Jonesy". Also briefly appears inAliens (1986). |
| Pyewacket | Bell, Book and Candle | Siamese cat andfamiliar of Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak), who is a witch |
| Smarf | Too Many Cooks | An anthropomorphic cat puppet used in the short, a parody of various other puppets used in sitcoms. |
Puss in Boots is the orange, domestic shorthair tabby cat who is a DreamWorks character fromShrek 2, andPuss in Boots of 2011 who appears in the streaming television series,The Adventures of Puss in Boots (2015-2018). Puss was voiced byEric Bauza in this six-season series that streamed on Netflix as a spin-off of the 2011 movie, and theShrek franchise. The series was also cablecast on a kids network. The DreamWorks' Puss in Boots speaks English with an endearing Spanish accent.
On television, the movie,Puss in Boots (2011) was streamed on both Amazon and Netflix. The DreamWorks version of Puss in Boots is a cat from theShrek franchise, who is also the protagonist ofPuss in Boots (2011). Puss in Boots was voiced byAntonio Banderas in English, Italian, and Spanish in the following films: Shrek 2, andFar Far Away Idol in 2004,Shrek the Third (2007),Shrek Forever After (2010),Puss in Boots (2011),Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos (2012), andPuss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022).
Puss was voiced by Eric Bauza in the six-season series that appeared on Netflix, and cable tv,The Adventures of Puss in Boots. Puss was voiced byAndé Sogliuzzo,[9] and Christian Lanz[10] in the video games, and in the series of one-minute web-videos by DreamWorkstv wherein Puss gives advice to his fans, calledNEW Puss in Boots! by Peacock Kids on YouTube.[1][8]
| Character | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Cat | Red Dwarf | AFelis Sapiens which evolved from a domestic housecat, is played byDanny John-Jules in the BBC TVscience fictionsitcom. |
| Spot | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Data'sSomali cat seen inStar Trek: The Next Generation.[11] Later appearances of Spot show an orange mackerel tabby with no reason given for the significant change. Spot's gender is usually given as male, but Spot is a female in the episode "Genesis" and gives birth to a litter of kittens. Spot is a male inStar Trek Generations. |
The stagemusicalCats features many feline characters known as Jellicle cats.
| Character | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Artemis | Sailor Moon | A white cat who is a close friend of Princess Serenity andSailor Venus and their subsequent reincarnations, and the lover of Luna and the father of Diana |
| "Baby Puss" | The Flintstones | A saber tooth tiger housecat that is seen in the beginning of the episodes going with the Flintstones and Dino to the movies; a running gag is at the end of the episode Fred puts the cat out, who runs back inside and puts Fred out. Rarely seen outside this role in the series except three episodes. |
| Cake | Adventure Time | A gender/species swapped version of "Jake the dog" from the Cartoon Network showAdventure Time |
| Felix | Felix the Cat | A black cat and "one of the most recognized cartoon characters in film history."[12] |
| Gumball Watterson | The Amazing World of Gumball | A 12-year-oldanthropomorphic blue cat, who is the titular character |
| MC Skat Kat | Opposites Attract | Anthropomorphic cat rapper and leader of theStray Mob that sings and dances withPaula Abdul. |
| Leo | Blinky Bill’s Extraordinary Balloon Adventure | |
| Luna | Sailor Moon | A black cat who is a close friend ofPrincess Serenity and her reincarnations, and the lover of Artemis and the mother of Diana |
| Susie McCallister | Summer Camp Island | |
| Stimpy | The Ren & Stimpy Show | A dimwitted and happy-go-lucky rotundManx cat with red and white fur, white gloves, a large blue nose. |
| Sylvester | Looney Tunes | Black and white cat who commonly carries out predatory schemes onTweety andSpeedy Gonzales. |
| Tom | Tom and Jerry | A gray/blue cat who has a love-hate relationship withJerry Mouse. |
For inclusion on this list, the character must have at least one entry ofsignificant coverage in fromreliable sources discussing and examining them.
| Character | Origin | Ref | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 808 | Hi-Fi Rush | [13] | A robotic black cat created by Peppermint, serving as a pet companion to the player character, Chai. |
| Alvina of the Darkroot Wood | Dark Souls | [14] | A hulking leader of the Forest Hunter Covenant who is capable of speaking and understanding the English language. She is voiced byEve Karpf. |
| Ankha | Animal Crossing series | A snooty yellow-and-navy blue female feline villager. She dons Egyptian clothing akin to that of a pharaoh, and a necklace around her neck. A king cobra emblem rests on her forehead. InAnimal Crossing: City Folk, however, the emblem is of ascarab beetle. | |
| Big the Cat | Sonic Adventure | A large,purple anthropomorphiccat withyellow eyes and long ears. Big is laid-back[15] and easygoing, which is reflected in his speech.[16] Strong but gentle[16] and a little slow,[17] he lives a normally peaceful life in the jungle with his best friend "Froggy".[16] He loves fishing, and he is never without his favorite rod and lure.[15] | |
| Blanca | Animal Crossing series | [18] | An anthropomorphic white cat. Although having a variable gender, the special character is male in Japan, and female internationally. Blanca is known for having a blank face and lets the player draw a face. |
| Blaze | Sonic Rush | [19] | Alavender teenage girl cat who is a princess of an alternate dimension. |
| Blinx | Blinx: The Time Sweeper | A young Time Sweeper and the eponymous main protagonist. He is featured as a support character inBlinx 2: Masters of Time and Space. His enemies mostly include Time Monsters and the Tom Tom Gang. | |
| Bubsy | Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind | An anthropomorphicbobcat who aims to take on aliens that stole much of the world's (including his) yarn balls.[20] | |
| Cait Sith | Final Fantasy VII | Cait Sith (ケット・シー,Ketto Shī; pronounced Kett Shee)[21] is a robotic talking cat who is friendly, but often unreliable[22] and speaks with aScottish accent. InFinal Fantasy VII, he rides on the back of an unnamed roboticmoogle. | |
| Felyne | Monster Hunter Wilds | [23] | A race of bipedal feline warriors. Palicoes are a type of Felyne that serve as a companion to the player. |
| Khajiit | The Elder Scrolls: Arena | [24] | A race of anthropomorphic feline warriors. |
| Kimahri Ronso | Final Fantasy X | [25] | |
| Li'l Judd | Splatoon | [26] | A gray and white cat who determines the winning team in Turf War battles. Prior to the events ofSplatoon, Judd was cryogenically frozen and placed inside a capsule that allowed him to stay alive while all other land mammals perished due to rising sea levels. He is accompanied by his smaller clone, Lil' Judd, inSplatoon 2 and3. |
| Margaret "Mae" Borowski | Night in the Woods | [27] | A 20-year old anthropomorphic black cat who wears dark apparel. She is a college dropout and a bass guitarist. |
| Meowscles | Fortnite | [28] | A muscular anthropomorphic male catskin and Meow Skulls' brother. |
| Meow Skulls | Fortnite | [29] | An anthropomorphic female emocalico catskin and Meowscles' sister. |
| Morgana | Persona 5 | A black cat serving as the mentor of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts with the code name Mona. | |
| Raymond | Animal Crossing series | A snooty cat villager with heterochromia iridum eyes. He dons a business suit, a necktie, and a pair of eyeglasses. He first appears inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. | |
| Rover | Animal Crossing series | [30] | The very first feline NPC the player meets on a train ride in the originalAnimal Crossing game. He dons a diamond-patterned shirt with yellow trimmings. |
| Talking Tom | Talking Tom & Friends series | [31] | Tom is an anthropomorphic grey cat and titular character of the franchise. |
| Yuumi | League of Legends | [32] | A mystical talking cat and keeper of a book titledBook of Thresholds that was written by her enchantress owner, Norra. She often gets distracted by the sight of either a map or a fish. Voiced byCassandra Lee Morris. |
| — | Pokémon | ThePokémon franchise contains several notable cat characters includingMeowth,Sprigatito, Floragato, and Meowscarada. | |
| — | Stray | Thestray cat protagonist and player character. |
| Character | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chessie | Mascot of theChesapeake & Ohio Railway, and later theChessie System | Appeared with the slogan "sleep like a kitten". |
| Crusty the Cat | Animatronic character atChuck E Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre | One of the original Pizza Time Players and was present at the original Pizza Time Theatre inSan Jose, California. He was replaced by Mr. Munch in 1978.[33] |
| Hector the Cat | Mascot created to aid the teaching ofroad safety to children in Australia | Currently the mascot ofNorthern Territory Department of Transport to teach road safety to children |
| Mimsie the Cat | Mascot of theMTM Enterprises logo | |
| Morris the Cat | Mascot for9Lives cat food | Appeared on packaging and many television commercials. |
| Walter (AKA Walter the cat) | Star of 3 Chevrolet truck commercials | Played by six gray, domestic shorthair tabby cats, "Walter" appeared in three Chevy Silverado (Trail Boss) TV commercials in 2021 and 2022. The first one, entitled "Cat", aired during the 2021 Summer Olympics. The sequel, called "Walter in Winter," was broadcast during the 2021 NFL playoffs, the 2022 Winter Olympics, and 2022Super Bowl LVI (in spots of 15-seconds, 30-seconds, and 60-seconds).[34] Ad-makers and reporters say that Walter the cat does things people would expect a dog to do, but he is a cat, so he showed what cats can do. That included herding cows, swimming, fetching a stick from a lake, digging a skier out of the snow, and chasing a mailman. Walter co-starred withJohn Hoogenakker.[34][35][36][37][38] Walter also appeared withChris Pratt for the same truck in 2022.[38][39] |
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